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Akbari, Hashem, Surabi Menon, and Arthur H Rosenfeld. "Global cooling: increasing world-wide urban albedos to offset CO2." Climatic Change 94.3-4 (2009) 275-286.
Borgers, Tom R, and Hashem Akbari. "Free convective turbulent flow within the trombe wall channel." Solar Energy 33.3-4 (1984) 253-264.
Akbari, Hashem, and Tom R Borgers. "Free convective laminar flow within the trombe wall channel." Solar Energy 22.2 (1979) 165-174.
Berdahl, Paul H, Sharon S Chen, Hugo Destaillats, Thomas W Kirchstetter, Ronnen M Levinson, and Michael A Zalich. "Fluorescent Cooling of Objects Exposted to Sunlight - The Ruby Example." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 157 (2016) 312-317. LBNL-1006729.
Akbari, Hashem, and Ronnen M Levinson. "Evolution of cool roof standards in the United States." Advances in Building Energy Research 2.1 (2008) 1-32. LBNL-736E.
Synnefa, Afroditi, Mat Santamouris, and Hashem Akbari. "Estimating the effect of using cool coatings on energy loads and thermal comfort in residential buildings in various climatic conditions." Energy and Buildings 39.11 (2007) 1167-1174.
McPherson, E. Gregory, Klaus I Scott, and James R Simpson. "Estimating cost effectiveness of residential yard trees for improving air quality in Sacramento, California, using existing models." Atmospheric Environment 32.1 (1998) 75-84.
Akbari, Hashem, and Steven J Konopacki. "Energy effects of heat-island reduction strategies in Toronto, Canada." Energy 29.2 (2004) 191-210.
Ban-Weiss, George A, Craig P Wray, William W Delp, Peter Ly, Hashem Akbari, and Ronnen M Levinson. "Electricity production and cooling energy savings from installation of a building-integrated photovoltaic roof on an office building." Energy and Buildings 56 (2013) 210 - 220.
Paolini, Riccardo, Giancarlo Terraneo, Chiara Ferrari, Mohamad Sleiman, Alberto Muscio, Pierangelo Metrangolo, Tiziana Poli, Hugo Destaillats, Michele Zinzi, and Ronnen M Levinson. "Effects of soiling and weathering on the albedo of building envelope materials: Lessons learned from natural exposure in two European cities and tuning of a laboratory simulation practice." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 205 (2020).

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Levinson, Ronnen M, Paul H Berdahl, Asmeret A Berhe, and Hashem Akbari. "Effects of soiling and cleaning on the reflectance and solar heat gain of a light-colored roofing membrane." Atmospheric Environment 39.40 (2005) 7807-7824.
Wray, Craig P, and Hashem Akbari. "The effects of roof reflectance on air temperatures surrounding a rooftop condensing unit." Energy and Buildings 40.1 (2008) 11-28.
Levinson, Ronnen M, and Hashem Akbari. "Effects of composition and exposure on the solar reflectance of portland cement concrete." Cement and Concrete Research 32 (2002) 1679-1698.
Levinson, Ronnen M, William W Delp, Darryl J Dickerhoff, and Mark P Modera. "Effects of airflow infiltration on the thermal performance of internally insulated ducts." Energy and Buildings 32.3 (2000) 345-354.
Akbari, Hashem, Diego Samano, Atila Mertol, Fred S Bauman, and Ron C Kammerud. "The effect of variations in convection coefficients on thermal energy storage in buildings Part I - Interior partition walls." Energy and Buildings 9 (1986) 195-211.
Akbari, Hashem, Diego Samano, Atila Mertol, Fred S Bauman, and Ron C Kammerud. "The effect of variations in convection coefficients on thermal energy storage in buildings Part II — Exterior massive walls and simulations." Energy and Buildings 10.1 (1987) 29-47.
Akbari, Hashem, Darryl J Dickerhoff, and Josh Pollak. "The effect of a cool-coating on the thermal effectiveness of exposed exterior ducts." Energy and Buildings 39.6 (2007) 681-692.
Sproul, Julian, Man-Pun Wan, Benjamin H Mandel, and Arthur H Rosenfeld. "Economic Comparison of White, Green, and Black Flat Roofs in the United States." Energy and Buildings 71 (2014) 20-27.
Tang, Xiaochen, Lara Ughetta, Simon K Shannon, Sharon S Chen, Sébastien Houzé de l’Aulnoit, Rachael AT Gould, Marion L Russell, Jiachen Zhang, George A Ban-Weiss, Rebecca LA Everman, Frank W Klink, Ronnen M Levinson, and Hugo Destaillats. "De-pollution efficacy of photocatalytic roofing granules." Building and Environment 160 (2019).

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Akbari, Hashem, Steven J Konopacki, and Melvin Pomerantz. "Cooling energy savings potential of reflective roofs for residential and commercial buildings in the United States." Energy - The International Journal 25 (1999) 391-407.
Akbari, Hashem, and Andre Desjarlais. "Cooling down the house: residential roofing products soon will boast "cool" surfaces." Professional Roofing March (2005).
Levinson, Ronnen M, Hashem Akbari, and Joseph C Reilly. "Cooler tile-roofed buildings with near-infrared-reflective non-white coatings." Building and Environment 42.7 (2007) 2591-2605.
Akbari, Hashem, and Sarah E Bretz. "Cool systems for hot cities." Professional Roofing 32-35 (1998) 1-5. LBL-43814.
Akbari, Hashem, Melvin Pomerantz, and Haider Taha. "Cool surfaces and shade trees to reduce energy use and improve air quality in urban areas." Solar Energy 70 (2001) 295-310.
Cao, Meichun, Pablo J Rosado, Zhaohui Lin, Ronnen M Levinson, and Dev Millstein. "Cool Roofs in Guangzhou, China: Outdoor Air Temperature Reductions during Heat Waves and Typical Summer Conditions." Environmental Science & Technology 49.24 (2015) 14672 - 14679.

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